App Dev Worksheet: Accessibility
Developer's tip (Design for everyone): Our rule: text is at least 16 px; every icon has a text label for screen readers. Add captions to videos; never use colour as the only clue. Big touch targets and strong contrast help everyone.
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- 1.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) icons with no labels (b) fast-flashing lights (c) strong colour contrast (d) colour as the only clue
- 2.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: colour as the only clue? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 3.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: sudden loud sounds? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
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4.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 10 px
Menu: 21 px
Caption: 23 px (a) Title (b) Menu (c) Caption -
5.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Label: 21 px
Footer: 13 px
Body text: 23 px
Caption: 26 px
Title: 26 px (a) Caption (b) Body text (c) Footer (d) Label - 6.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) labels on every icon (b) big touch targets (c) captions on videos (d) icons with no labels
- 7.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) tiny tap areas (b) fast-flashing lights (c) big touch targets (d) icons with no labels
- 8.♿ A screen has 10 icon buttons. Only 1 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big touch targets (b) tiny tap areas (c) sudden loud sounds (d) fast-flashing lights
- 10.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) captions on videos (b) fast-flashing lights (c) strong colour contrast (d) labels on every icon
- 11.♿ A screen has 8 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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12.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 27 px
Title: 9 px
Hint: 16 px (a) Footer (b) Title (c) Hint -
13.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Footer: 12 px
Label: 13 px
Caption: 13 px - 14.♿ A screen has 10 icon buttons. Only 5 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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15.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 19 px
Body text: 25 px
Caption: 9 px
Hint: 17 px
Label: 20 px (a) Caption (b) Footer (c) Body text (d) Hint - 16.True or false: “strong colour contrast” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 17.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: labels on every icon? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 18.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: text that can grow? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 19.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: “icons with no labels” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on videos (b) text that can grow (c) labels on every icon (d) sudden loud sounds
- 22.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) big touch targets (b) text that can grow (c) sudden loud sounds (d) strong colour contrast
- 23.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a long animation (b) a sound (c) a bright colour (d) a text label
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24.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 18 px
Body text: 11 px
Label: 23 px
Menu: 20 px (a) Menu (b) Body text (c) Label (d) Caption - 25.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: captions on videos? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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26.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Label: 11 px
Menu: 23 px
Caption: 21 px (a) Menu (b) Label (c) Caption - 27.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) so anyone can follow (b) to add colour (c) to hide the sound (d) to slow them down
- 28.♿ A screen has 9 icon buttons. Only 5 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 29.True or false: “icons with no labels” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colour as the only clue (b) fast-flashing lights (c) sudden loud sounds (d) labels on every icon
- 31.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: icons with no labels? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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32.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 20 px
Caption: 15 px
Body text: 13 px
Label: 17 px -
33.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 21 px
Caption: 16 px
Menu: 18 px
Body text: 12 px (a) Body text (b) Menu (c) Footer (d) Caption - 34.True or false: “text that can grow” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on videos (b) sudden loud sounds (c) icons with no labels (d) fast-flashing lights
- 36.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) reads the screen aloud (b) takes photos (c) makes text tiny (d) plays music
- 37.True or false: “strong colour contrast” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong colour contrast (b) labels on every icon (c) colour as the only clue (d) big touch targets
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong colour contrast (b) icons with no labels (c) captions on videos (d) big touch targets
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40.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 22 px
Label: 18 px
Footer: 20 px
Hint: 20 px
Caption: 15 px
Answer key
- strong colour contrast
- makes it harder
- makes it harder
- Title
- Footer
- icons with no labels
- big touch targets
- 9
- big touch targets
- fast-flashing lights
- 4
- Title
- 3
- 5
- Caption
- True
- helps everyone
- helps everyone
- True
- True
- sudden loud sounds
- sudden loud sounds
- a text label
- Body text
- helps everyone
- Label
- so anyone can follow
- 4
- False
- labels on every icon
- makes it harder
- 2
- Body text
- True
- captions on videos
- reads the screen aloud
- False
- colour as the only clue
- icons with no labels
- 1
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